Surfin’ around

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As an Indian, I feel proud to see this video. But when I think of Ravi, the kid in this video, I feel bad that he has to spend his life on the streets when he could have achieved so much in his life. This is not just the story of Ravi, its the story of India. Immense talent, immense power, but still criminally under-utilized. Spread this video around, if you can.

The same kid, in his teenage years…

Driving a four wheeler on 2 wheels is a desperate measure…but at $4.5/gallon, dude! its worthwhile!

The attitude of the Indian left is amazing. Never have I seen a more hypocrite organization. Their chief ministers in Kerala and West Bengal are going out of their way to lure in capitalist investments. They go abroad and compete intensely with other states to woo foreign investors and foreign tourists to their states. But when it comes to the centre, they oppose anything remotely capitalist…their latest stance at the Indo-US nuclear deal agonizes me to the limit of my tolerance…!!

The opposition of the left is not borne out of rationality, but on arrogance and adamancy. It is not borne out of care and regard for the nation, but out of petty political gains. No far-sight, not even short-electoral gains, just egotism. Ours is a country thats desperately seeking energy resources. To sustain our growing economy, at the same time keep the environment safe, we need to go nuclear. The US produces 20% of its electricity by nuclear energy. This deal was a boon for us Indians (barring a few exceptional clauses, which could have been ironed out), since no member of the NSG is currently ready to give us nuclear fuel for running our civilian nuclear reactors. Without the nuclear fuel, India wouldnt be able to reach its target power generation by 2020, according to the Atomic Energy Commision director Dr. Anil Kakodkar.

That means more power cuts, more pollution, reduced industrial production targets and stifled growth rate. So what options do we have…how many more coal-fired/gas-fired power plants? How many more hydroelectric projects? Is anyone seriously going after wind and solar? What will the effects be on the environment? No answers to these questions…

I simply dont understand WHY the Left is opposing the nuclear deal. Agreed, till those “treacherous” clauses are ironed out, we shouldnt sign the bill. But the Left refuses to do even that?!! Here’s a recent article on HindustanTimes, with the title:

Left not to allow even India-specific accord with IAEA

In this article, AP Bardhan says:

“If they are so concerned about energy security, what about the (Iran-Pakistan-India) gas pipeline. Why are you (government) dragging your feet? If you are really keen on energy security, you should be keen on the gas pipeline also,” Bardhan said.

Asked about Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s remark that the deal would help India come out of the nuclear aparthied, Bardhan said “there is no question of us getting out of this apartheid, unless America, which has created this apartheid, gets us out of it.”

This is so disgusting. This is opposition for the sake of opposition. I havent seem them come up with one decent, rational argument as to why the nuclear deal should be sanctioned, unlike the BJP, which has specifically laid down its concerns.

I sometimes wonder if the Indian Left is on the payroll of Chinese/Russian intelligence agencies. Think about it. This is not entirely impossible. The Mitrokhin Archives told us a lot, and more of things that happened in the 1970s and the 1980s, wherein most of the intelligence “encroachment” was effected by the KGB of the then communist Russia into the Indian Left (For more, read this article by respected Indian journalist and ex-minister Arun Shourie). The same might be happening now, its a highly possible scenario. China has every interest in de-stabilizing the Indo-US nuclear deal. It wants Sikkim, it wants parts of Arunachal Pradesh, its encroaching on Siachen, its overshadowing our economy, it gives clandestine support of all sorts to Pakistan…there is no reason why China shouldnt be a bigger player in this, than the Indian Left…using the Indian Left would be a pretty neat way to stifle the potential competition, without publicly saying a word!

I seriously think this should deserve an independent, media investigation….If you think so too, please forward this view to as many people you know, or start a petition or something, so that someone in the media takes a peep into it…

Just like this guy I was extremely bored when I posted this video…excuse me…

Another one like that:

How the hell did they do that!!!

I’m an Indian by birth, but still the thought of having John McCain at the helm of this country for another 8 years scares the hell out of me. Bush has already wrecked this country and the world, made the US more isolated and made the world more chaotic. I believe every bit that McCain would just continue doing the same. I could go on and on about how is policies are screwed up, how his so-called “experience” is a sham, and how his world-perspective is dangerous. But I’d just let these videos do the talking.

The Real McCain

And this is how he got his experience…

John McCain getting angry

MSNBC played this really insightful news-piece on the person who would be the next president of the United States. Have a look

Fantastic, hilarious video of an Indian song…from a state called Jharkhand…probably was shot in one day…wonderful production ethics…

Wow! This guy will be a roaring sensation!

Here’s one more. The hero could give a tough fight to Shahrukh and Hrithik! Go Jhollywood!!

In this world troubled with rife, someone should say this more often…

Amnesty International released a video to fight Waterboarding as a measure of interrogation. The video shows the technique very graphically. For those of you who dont know, during waterboarding the prisoner is simulated a drowning experience by gagging his mouth and pouring water over his head. Water enters the nose and mouth and the detainee feels as if he is drowning. Its a scary technique and I would shoot myself in the head if I knew I was going to be water-boarded.

All of the presidential candidates today are against water-boarding, esp John McCain (this is probably the only aspect of his campaign I find good) since he himself was a PoW in Vietnam. But the mighty Bush says NO to ending water-boarding. I personally feel Bush should be impeached, as he has done more damage to the US and the World than Osama Bin Laden could have ever imagined.

Anyways, thats off topic. Have a look at this scary water-boarding video (not the Amnesty one) and witness first-hand how gruesome this practice is.